I believe TT-55 and some strong suited aces can turn a profit flatting from the SB.

This. Pre is only fine in an extremely whaley game that allows you to turn a profit by flatting 66 sb vs utg.

utg would have to be confirmed massive whale or BB huge huge 90 vpip whale to consider a call here 100bb deep let alone 94bb. But OP is a "great" player, not a "good" player. He can make huge laydowns and amazing bluffs pre so the call pre is completely fine

So now that my wife is officially unemployed, and probably will be for the next several months, she has volunteered to cook for me every day. This was a Thai stir fry dish she cooked for me today, similar to kra pao. It's spicy but tastes amazing:


Link in case the image didn't upload properly:
https://imgur.com/a/5JFtK7O

Having good nutritious food like this each day should make the grind a whole lot easier.

Wow seems like corona truly is a blessing in disguise.

You have worked your ass off the last months in case this happend right? So you have put some money aside for tough times like this?

Ah,no. Of course you havent.

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This "giving OP strat-advice"-thing sucks way more then the corona-talk imo. It's fine, when you're a whale yourself confirming OP's nonsense (Hi whales ITT, love you guys).
It's not ok, when you clutter up the thread with stuff that makes sense! It will fall on deaf ears and you'll (rightfully) get ignored by OP. Not ok, guys! We're way past that. OP has 0 interest in becoming a serious poker player. Why would he, when can just cheat life with his superior IQ? Constructive advice is not welcome here!

You're beyond egotistical. The only breadwinner in the family (not counting your mother, sorry mate, you're just too old for that) basically just lost her job for months on end and the first thing you think about is the free cooking.
It's sad, your wife probably thinks (so do you) she's cooking for the poker-crusher, that her man will become, while you're just a weirdo living in donkland. You're basically scamming your own wife. Think about it.

Didn't he just get 3k from his mates? Much easier to put other people's money aside for tough times.

As we have discussed before, OP have crystal clear signs of personality disorder. One of the key signs of a narcissist is that they believe _everything_ is about them and their needs all the time. They have a blown up ego out of all proportions.

Guilty as charged...sry. I'll try not to let it happen again, just that every now again some of us get tempted to improve ourselves by commenting on the odd HH.

I concur...better places to do that than here.

The Upswing Continues!

I've now successfully hit a new bankroll peak of $4000, which I'm super happy about. Things are going great: I'm running hot, hitting 2pr and sets a decent amount, but I also feel like I'm outplaying people, using aggression as a tool, getting bluffs through against regs and extracting max value against fish.

Here are a few random hand histories I played today:

Hand 16: Best turn card in the deck?

$158 effective
CO raises $3
Hero 3bets $12 SB with KTcc
CO calls $12

Flop ($25) Ks 9d 3s

Hero bets $8
CO calls $8

Turn ($41) Ks 9d 3s Td

Hero checks
CO bets $27.33
Hero jams $138



Hand 17: When short and deep stacks collide

Some context: the player in MP seems to be on tilt, and has open jammed several hands in a row. Meanwhile, the 2 players to my direct left are both regs with very deep stacks and both cover me.

$310 effective
MP open jams $36.52
Hero flats $36.52 BTN with 88



I love discussing strategy. You're the one that doesn't want to talk strategy.

It's kind of hard to put money aside for a rainy day when you're in debt... I have an obligation to give all my spare cash away to my loaners.

I think so too. I've even seen players like Andrew Neeme flat hands as strong as QQ in the blinds against an EP raise, although that was full ring.

I'm not putting this money aside. I'm using it to grind with. All of it is being put at risk.

I've seen a psychologist who said that there was nothing wrong with my mental health, so I'll trust their professional opinion over yours.

don't forget the big point which is less obvious. (s)he is smart enough to look through all the BS of an extremely complicated issue that has long reaching political, economic, and medical ramifications while all of us are unable to.

let me put that in a more general statement: (s)he is perceptive enough to understand complicated information and process it in a better manner than others.

kind of sounds like someone who should be good at poker.

couple that with 10 years of posting on a poker forum for almost 4k posts.

How long ago was it you visited a mental health expert?

Mental disorders/diagnosis can develope and evolve over time. Its not a static thing.

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That's the spirit!

Hand 16: Looks good to me
Hand 17: I believe it is correct to not have a 3-bet range in spots like these. Calling indicates strength enough. If you shove with your good hands you'll leave the weak hands vulnerable to being bluffed off. The exception would be if you are shorter stacked or the other players are recreational. Versus recreational players behind, I would be more inclined to jam the vulnerable hands like the TT-77, AK-AT, and flat with AA-JJ.

I'm sorry to hear that. Seeing as she was spending her entire paycheck, I'm assuming you guys have no savings and a lot of bills. What's the plan to pay those bills?

is the Australian government doing anything to attempt to help individual people?

ex, here in the US, the gov is talking about giving $ to people. a lot of federal loans are being put on hold. some rentals are allowing for a missed payment, etc.

Yeah, gov cheques, note we have social security anyway if you can't get work, increased social for corona job losses IIRC, talk of suspending mortgage payments, allowing limited early withdrawal from superannuation (our 401K) etc.

Bankroll is down to $3800 now. I wish I could say it was just run bad, but to be perfectly honest, I think I ran pretty neutral and just made about $200 worth of mistakes. Here was one example:

Hand 18: Compounding mistakes

$100 effective
UTG raises $3
CO calls $3
Hero 3bets $12 BTN with AJo
UTG folds
CO 4bets $48
Hero 5bet jams $100



I had a few other hands where I paid off value bets when I know I'm never good, and pulled zero equity bluffs against calling stations.

I think it's important to take a break when you catch yourself making multiple bad plays like this over a short period of time. I'm not in a rush to win back the $200 I lost and get back to my peak. I would rather sacrifice a little bit of volume than push myself to keep going when I'm playing my D game.

So I will probably take the rest of today off and come back when I'm fresh tomorrow.

when you "sacrifice volume" in order to "come back fresh" does that mean the daily minimum hand number drops from 2 to 1? seems like that would be reasonable

why do you need to take an entire day off just for 1 mistake? this seems like more justification to be lazy and not put in any volume.

A few years ago. But I'm still not convinced that I have any severe mental health problems.

It's okay. In a way, it was a good thing. She gets a break from work and I get nutritious food cooked for me each day. What more could you ask for?

We don't really have many bills. I think we could survive off $50 per week. We're cooking all our food at home, the gym membership is on suspension due to the lockdown, and we don't pay rent. Life is easy.

Yeah the government is being super generous right now with Centrelink (welfare) and basically just handing out cash to everyone: to individuals, to small businesses, to big businesses, you name it. I think they're basically giving $800/fortnight to everyone who is currently unemployed, and they're giving tonnes of tax breaks to businesses as well. They're also giving us the option to take out our superannuation early, which we might try to do. I'm not even sure if I have any super though lol. But I'll see in the coming weeks whether I'm eligible for any payments from Centrelink, and that should help us pay for the groceries and pay off some debt too.

It wasn't 1 mistake. I made several mistakes over a short span of time. I only showed you one example though, but there were many more.

And besides, I'd rather be the guy that punted off $200, took the day off and came back the next day with $3800, than the guy who punted off $200, started chasing his losses, became desperate to win it back, jumped stakes and ended up punting off the entire $4k.

Hand 18: Was this suppose to be for value or a bluff?

If it was a bluff, make a mental note to never bluff preflop when your opponent has more than 30% of his stack in the middle, because he has odds to call with anything.

“I offered to run it 3 times but my opponent rejected, so he deserved to lose this one imo”

Actually lol’d

6bet, you really should write a manual for people thinking of becoming a professional poker player. Your mindset's quite different from the "normie" pros I've often seen advice from.